Month: January 2009

Baler is a quaint and interesting place with lots of surprises to offer. Here, you can enjoy the warm comforts of home and the modern convenience of rural living, without the stress and hustle of a fast growing municipality.

Organized by spouses Mr. Gregorio P. Alano and Mrs. Bienvenida T. Alano, Rural Bank of Katipunan (ZN), Inc. which is presently at its new name Katipunan Bank (Zamboanga Del Norte), Inc. “a rural bank”, is the first rural bank in the Municipality of Katipunan, Zamboanga Del Norte where it is basically named after.

With its dynamism and aggressiveness, Katipunan Bank has certainly come a long way since its establishment some 28 years ago. They have kept true of their vision of excellence, and kept faith in their mandate of service. It shall continue to pursue its role as development catalyst in the countryside

BNS is calling for urgent and rational review of the Proposed Draft NTC Memo cirular caling for registration of web content. http://portal.ntc.gov.ph/wps/_mc/MC2009/electronic_games.html.

In essence this circular aims to require content providers (website owners, bloggers) to register with the NTC at the following amounts: Filing Fee of 300.00, Annual Registration fee of 6,000.00, with surcharge and penalties of 50% and 100% if the application is filed before or after 6 months from date of expiry.

From a hosting perspective, this registration requirement would add undue burden to our hosted clients in terms of additional procedures AND annual fees. This increases the costs of an online presence. Hosting clients and hosting companies in the Philippines would not be competitve because of this. It makes hosted sites in the Philippines more expensive compared to other countries.

Due to the worldwide nature of hosting service, clients may opt instead to be hosted OUTSIDE of the Philippines. Thus, not only will this regulation become moot and inutile, it would also cause the death on online businesses in the Philippines. This forces businesses away from the Philippines.

In the end, this will in fact hamper the growth of online content in the Philippines, rather than stimulate it.

As the draft purpotedly aims to “promote a fair, efficient and responsive market to stimulate growth and development of the telecommunications facilities and services” under RA 7925, this requirement for registration coupled with huge fees rans counter to RA 7925.

It will kill rather than stimulate growth.

If the aim is to protect consumers, hosting companies maintains records of the owners of sites. If there are issues with the website, hosting companies and service providers have the records to assist the Philippine Government protect the interests of the consuming public.

A registration procedure coupled with high annual fees is NOT needed to be able to identify the owners of the website.

Saint Mary’s Publishing Corporation, the leading textbook publishing company in the country, brings its commitment to quality to greater heights with an array of both new and revised titles improved to meet the demands of the Revised Basic Education Curriculum of 2002.

SMPC products are backed up by the competencies of seasoned educators and curriculum developers who help make the instructional materials relevant to respond to the challenges of education today.

Catanduanes goes online to bring you nature at its best. The whole strip of this pearly island in the Pacific is virtually untouched, unspoiled and unexplored. It has a long string of palm-fringed beaches backed by jungle-covered mountains and crowned with jewel-like islets. It offers a totally laid-back rural charm, a beautiful natural environment and plenty of easy action at a pace that’s always relaxed.

BSO Photo is committed to providing the best quality pictures out of the images you have taken. The quality of the images from your negative film lies on the type of film used, the type of camera used, the subject, the object, and the amount of light available during the shoot. Out of the image results from your negative films, BSO Photo does their part in processing and printing to provide you with the best quality color pictures.

San Nicolas Ilocos Norte has officially opened it’s website to the public. The website shows the socio-economic growth of the town through it’s active, desciplined and God loving people. It features San Nicolos’ achievements, projects and future goal.

AIE was envisioned to be a dynamic provider of quality education and was primarily institutionalized to reach out to poor students, and entitle them to acquire high quality computer education at very affordable tuition fee and scholarship grants. And aside from that, AIE was established to equip students with solid Christian values and leadership.

Better service for the Kabaleyans’ is Sunday Punch’s ultimate mission. That’s why for the whole “Punch” team, a makeover is needed. Packed with more exciting columns and news sections, we are proud to present you the all new Sunday Punch website.

An excerpt from the new website – “In 1997, The SUNDAY PUNCH, in partnership with BITSTOP, became the first Filipino community newspaper to have its online version. Through the years, the SUNDAY PUNCH has maintained its commitment to serve the information needs of overseas Pangasinenses with the help of overseas Kabaleyans who joined the KABALEYAN CLUB”.

Specialist Group Hospital & Trauma Center is a model of urban healthcare – progressive, vital, meeting the changing needs of the community today and tomorrow. Located in the progressive City of Dagupan, Pangasinan – Philippines.